by Kristin Esser
Working part-time and writing a book has taken a toll on my homemaking routine. I work a marketing job three days a week and loved having my Tuesdays and Thursdays available to really do the business of running my home. Cleaning, shopping, errands, making and […]
About four years ago I made my dad a quilt for his 70th birthday. I was a new quilter and had this crazy idea that I would get some different novelty fabrics that represented different sides of him and somehow work them all together into […]
Carmella over at The Art of Simple has such a great post over there today called, “Mindfulness in the Empty Minutes“. It is all about not necessarily wishing for more time in the day for creative pursuits, but finding the little nooks and crannies of […]
Nineteen years today. Three kids, cancer, the death of several parents, and a million more of life’s ups and downs. We’ve been through a lot together and it has made us stronger than ever. I can’t imagine going through life with anyone else. Happy Anniversary! Share […]
One of the perks of writing a craft book is the opportunity to play with fabric every day. And, if you are lucky, fabric that has not even been released to the public yet. Minki and I had the privilege of getting some advance cuts […]
I always feel like a good mom when my kids come home to a homemade, freshly baked and (reasonably healthy) treat after school. These banana muffins from an old Cooking Light recipe fit the bill perfectly. I’ve adapted the recipe over the years, moving away from […]
I started 2015 off with a quick finish over Christmas break. Camille Roskelley over at Thimble Blossoms was having a pattern sale, and I had been wanting to make the Spools mini for quite a while. I had just uncovered my Ruby scraps from my […]
I can hardly believe that I get to write these words: “I got a book deal!”. My dear friend Minki over at Minki’s Worktable and I have teamed up to write a book for Stash Books (part of C&T Publishing). Many of my favorite authors and […]
On Monday we hit the road for a quick geocaching adventure since the kids had the day off of school. Geocaching is such a fun way to spend some time with tweens and teens. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s like a treasure hunt. You […]
I been thinking a lot about time. And weekends. And using the both of them well. I think we nailed it today. I woke up today thinking that it would be fun to go out to breakfast (something we do very rarely). But while I sipped […]